Spouse & Children

America Elizabeth Norwood Alma Lorene Abbott (1914-2006) Not Named Abbott (1917-1917) Wilber Abbott (1918-1918) Denny Audrain Abbott (1921-1983) Milton Wayne Abbott (1928-1977)       Johnnie Choate Johnetta Abbott (1929-1998)       Eva Beatrice Champian Ruth Abbott (1944-2016) James Abbott (-2015)

Brothers & Sisters

Charlie Benjamin Abbott (1902-1994) Mary Sudie Abbott (1910-1993)

John was living with his grandparents; Pinkney & Evaline Melton in 1900. John and America were listed in the 1930 census living in Detroit Michigan even though they were divorced 1929. John's employment was listed as a spot welder in an auto plant.

West State Deaths

John H. Abbott HUNTINGDON, Tenn.- Services for John H. Abbott, 73, were at 2 p. m. today at Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Neal Butler of Buena Vista officiating, asisted by the Rev. J. D. Abbott of Camden. Burial will be in Carroll County Memorial Gardens. Mr. Abbott died Sunday at Carroll County General Hospital in Huntingdon after a long illness. He was a retired lumber dealer.⁵

Sources:

1. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Card
2. Shelby County Tennessee Register of Deeds http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php
3. Social Security Death Index
4. Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
5. The Jackson Sun (Jackson, Tennessee) - Mon, Feb 13, 1967 - Page 12